As of July 2012 MISRA-C2 had had it's public review and the team are working thought the feedback and intending to finish C3 by Christmas 2012. In fact it was launched on the 25th February 2013 at Embedded World in Germany with the PDF becoming available on the 18th March and the printed versions on the 24th April 2013 See the MISRA-C:2012 team
MISRA-C started in 1994 by two UK automotive companies. It was published in 1998 and thanks to efforts by Programming Research, LDRA, Phaedrus Systems and others it escaped into mainstream use in the embedded development space. In 2001 a team was formed to create a second version. Initially predominantly automotive participants it soon became a guide for critical systems rather than automotive ones.
The second version was launched in 2004 by which time many tool vendors were producing MISRA checkers and software that was "MISRA Compliant" In 2007 a Technical Corrigendum was produced for MISRA-C:2004 along with an Exemplar code suite. NOT a test suite.
The MISRA-C:2004 committee had the following members:
From Left to Right Andrew Burnard, Jaguar Land Rover Paul Burden, Programming Research Liz Whiting, QinetiQ Ltd Chris Tapp, Keylevel Consultants Ltd Gavin McCall, Visteon Ltd Chairman Mike Hennell, LDRA Ltd
Kneeling in front from David Ward, MIRA R. Rivet Jaguar |
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In 2008 the team expanded from 8 to 12 people and became international with a view across nuclear, aerospace, automotive and medical systems. However due to the recession and job changes, some new members, particularly from over seas did not stay long.
The team also lost two long standing members in 2008/9, Gavin McCall, Visteon, and Andrew Burnard, Jaguar Landrover. The input of both these people will be sorely missed. Gavin had been one the MISRA project from almost the beginning.
The MISRA- C:2012 committee has the following members:
Chairman
Steve Montgomery,
Members
Mike Banhan, Rolls Royce
Andrew Banks, Intuitive Consulting
Mark Bradbury, Aero Engine Control Systems
Paul Burden, Programming Research
Mark Dawson-Butterworth, Zytek Automotive Ltd
Mike Hennell, LDRA Ltd
Chris Hills, Phaedrus Systems Ltd
Chris Tapp, LDRA & Keylevel Consultants Ltd
Liz Whiting, LDRA (formerly with QinetiQ Ltd)
Centre with striped tie is Roger Rivet, MISRA Sterring Group Chairman

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